Testament of Our Lord

tr. Cooper and Maclean, 1902

7. Book I, Chapter 7

But on the earth shall be signs; the birth of dragons from mankind, and likewise also of wild beasts; and young women newly wedded shall bring forth¹ babes who speak perfectly² and announce³ the last times, and pray⁴ to be put to death. And their looks shall be the looks of [men] far advanced in years; they shall be grey-headed when they are born.⁵ Also women shall bear babes with four feet: some⁶ shall bear spirits only, and some⁶ shall bear their progeny with unclean spirits. Others [there] shall [be who] practise divination in⁷ the womb, and shall speak with familiar spirits; and there shall be many other horrible signs.⁸

Notes

C.: others who being but boys take wives shall bring forth (sic); see Note. Cf. 2 Esdras vi. 21. Tréves fragm. has “a newly wed young woman shall bring forth” (mox nubserit femina pariet!).
Lit.: perfect words. So also Tréves fragm.
Or: signify.
Lit.: persuade.
Lit.: those who are born shall be white. (So Tréves fragm. also; C.: old men).
Lit.: these. Tréves fragm.: but other women shall bring forth wind only (singular; the same Syriac word in plural is “spirits”); cf. Isa. xxvi. 18.
Or: take omens by. Tréves fragm.: in utero divinabunt.
For monstrous births, cf. 2 Esdras v. 8.